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Chris,
One of the "benefits" of a Foundation Trust is that it is independent of national pay structures. If it wants to concentrate on a speciality and needs to attract specific staff in, it can pay accordingly. Or not pay other staff as much if it wants as well.
So all this AfC trauma is a short-lived thing for some Trusts. I wonder how much the AfC process has cost in man hours and more importantly upset staff.
Currently we have the option to remain on a Trust contract or opt for AfC, which ever is of benefit to us.
When the Trust becomes a Foundation Trust you have to change to one of their contracts. They have then got you and your pay under their control.
Going back to annual pay up-lifts Foundation Trusts are then not bound by any national agreement on them as well. So are more people going to get less than inflation rises?
Back to my question, has anyone else had this different annual up-lift applied to them?
Robert